Join us for cocktail hour, dinner, science quiz (with prizes!), and a presentation by Professor Lisa Levin at the 17th Annual Darwin Day Dinner, Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Pinstripes, Norwalk
For over 40 years, benthic ecologist Dr. Lisa Levin has studied marine organisms adapted for life on the ocean floor, both in shallow waters and the deepest most extreme environments. Global warming, pollution, changes to ocean chemistry, and commercial resource extraction activities are impacting these ecosystems in profound ways, and Dr. Levin has led efforts to bring scientific understanding to international government and management bodies in order to conserve the oceans’ extraordinary biodiversity.
Lisa A. Levin is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego and former Director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps. Her current research interests include biodiversity of deep continental margin ecosystems including methane seeps, the effects of climate change (especially ocean deoxygenation) and human impacts on the deep ocean, with work on over 50 research cruises. She has contributed to multiple reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the World Ocean Assessments. Professor Levin is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has received lifetime achievement awards from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and Western Society of Naturalists and was awarded the Prince Albert I Grand Medal in Ocean Science. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2024.
Dr. Levin is a co-founder and co-lead of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative which seeks to integrate science, technology, policy, law and economics to advise on ecosystem based management of resource use in the deep ocean and strategies to maintain the integrity of deep-ocean ecosystems within and beyond national jurisdictions.
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Time: 6 pm Cocktail Hour, 7 pm Buffet Dinner
At: Pinstripes Norwalk, 100 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT 06854
(Top floor of the SoNo Collection mall; directions & parking details below. Parking is not free.)
Price: $55 per person ($60 after January 30)
Virtual: $15 to view the program via Zoom. A link will be sent to participants prior to the event. The virtual program will not be interactive.